noun
- the acts or processes of reducing something to minute particles or powder by crushing, grinding, or pulverizing
Usage: medical; technical
Examples
- The comminutions of the bone fragments required surgical intervention.
- Multiple comminutions were observed in the rock samples after the explosion.
- The pharmaceutical process involved several comminutions to achieve the desired particle size.
- X-rays revealed extensive comminutions throughout the fractured limb.
- The laboratory studied the comminutions of various materials under different pressures.
- Severe comminutions made the reconstruction surgery extremely challenging.